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Alberta
Palæontological
Society
VOLUME 26 • NUMBER 2
Bulletin
www.albertapaleo.org
JUNE 2011
Albertosaurus
Pop Culture in Canada
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A L B E RTA PA L Æ O N T O L O G I C A L S O C I E T Y
OFFICERS
President
Vice-President
Treasurer Secretary
Past-President
Wayne Braunberger
Harold Whittaker
Mona Marsovsky
Cory Gross
Dan Quinsey
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286-0349
547-0182
617-2079
247-3022
DIRECTORS
Editor
Membership
Program Coordinator
Field Trip Coordinator
Howard Allen
Vaclav Marsovsky
Philip Benham
Wayne Braunberger
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547-0182
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278-5154
COMMITTEES
Fossil Collection
Library
Public Outreach
Social
Symposium
Website
Howard Allen
Judith Aldama
Cory Gross
Dan Quinsey
Vaclav Marsovsky
Vaclav Marsovsky
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618-5617
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547-0182
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palaeontology is eligible to present their application for
membership in the Society. (Please enclose membership
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Material for the Bulletin:
The Society was incorporated in 1986, as a non-proﬁt
organization formed to:
Howard Allen, Editor, APS
7828 Hunterslea Crescent, N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2K 4M2
(E-mail: [email protected])
a. Promote the science of palaeontology through study
and education.
b.
$20.00 annually
$25.00 annually
NOTICE: Readers are advised that opinions expressed in
the articles are those of the author and do not necessarily
reflect the viewpoint of the Society. Except for articles
marked “Copyright ©,” reprinting of articles by exchange
bulletins is permitted, as long as credit is given.
Make contributions to the science by:
1) Discovery
2) Collection
3) Description
4) Education of the general public
5) Preservation of material for study and the future
c. Provide information and expertise to other collectors.
d. Work with professionals at museums and universities
to add to the palaeontological collections of the
province (preserve Alberta’s heritage).
Upcoming APS Meetings
Meetings take place at 7:30 p.m. in Room B108,
Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, Alberta.
June, July, August, 2011—No meetings. See Field Trips, Page 7.
Friday, September 16, 2011—Pascal Godefroit, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences:
Latest Cretaceous Dinosaur Faunas from Russia and Northeastern China (See Page 3).
Friday, October 21, 2011—Philip Benham, Alberta Palaeontological Society:
Living with Fire: Cultural Adaptations in the South Pacific to Geological Processes.
Friday, November 18, 2011—Dan Quinsey, Alberta Palaeontological Society:
Moose Mountain Alberta—Exploring the Natural History of Canyon Creek and Area (See Page 4).
ON THE COVER: Folk art life-size Albertosaurus model at the Patricia, Alberta gas station and store. Photo
by Darren Tanke ©2010. See article, Page 12.
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to September 16
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Latest Cretaceous Dinosaur
Faunas from Russia
and Northeastern China
Amurosaurus riabinini at Blagoveschensk, Olorotitan
arharensis at Kundur, and Sahaliyania elunchunorum
at Wulaga. Flat-headed hadrosaurine hadrosaurids
are much less numerous, but appear well diversified
as well: Kerberosaurus manakini at Blagoveschensk,
Wulagasaurus dongi at Wulaga, and a new genus at
Kundur.
Theropods are represented by shed teeth and
isolated bones; isolated scutes and teeth discovered
at Kundur are tentatively attributed to nodosaurids.
Palynological studies suggest that these sites are
probably synchronous with the “Lancian” vertebrate
localities of western North America, which represent
the youngest dinosaur faunas in this area. However,
the latest Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages are completely different in the Amur/Heilongjiang region
(lambeosaurines abundant, ceratopsids absent) and
in western North America (ceratopsids abundant,
lambeosaurines extremely rare or absent). This probably reflects some kind of geographical barrier between both areas by Maastrichtian time rather than
strong differences in palaeoecological conditions.
A new late Maastrichtian dinosaur fauna was
also recently described in Chukotka region (northeaster Russia), close to the Bering Strait, which
demonstrates that polar dinosaurs were still highly
diversified just before the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass
extinction event. Dinosaur eggshell fragments,
belonging to hadrosaurids and non-avian theropods,
indicate that several latest Cretaceous dinosaur taxa
could reproduce in a polar region and were probably
year-round residents of high latitudes. Palaeobotanical data suggest that these polar dinosaurs lived
in a temperate climate (mean annual temperature
about 10°c), but the climate was apparently too cold
for ectothermic tetrapods. The high diversity of late
Maastrichtian dinosaurs in high latitudes, where ectotherms are absent, indicates that dinosaur extinction was not a result of temperature decline, caused
or not by the Chicxulub impact.
Friday, September 16, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Biography
he APS Annual General Meeting (agm) failed
to meet quorum on the regularly scheduled date
of May 13, and again at the rescheduled meeting a
week later, on May 20. Therefore, in accordance with
Society Bylaws, the agm is rescheduled to the date of
the next general meeting, September 16. At this time,
quorum is reduced to 5 members. In order to accommodate both the rescheduled agm and the regular
September meeting activities, the starting time for
the meeting will be 7:00 p.m., rather than the usual
7:30 p.m. start.
NOTICE!
The September 16, 2011 meeting
will start 30 minutes early
at 7:00 p.m.
Upcoming
Events
September
Pascal Godefroit
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Mount Royal University, Room B108
Pascal Godefroit is a palaeontologist at the Royal
Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. He
has previously studied Jurassic marine reptiles and
Late Triassic terrestrial ecosystems. For more than
ten years, his research has mainly focused on the
anatomy, relationships and evolution of ornithopod
dinosaurs and on the biodiversity of Late Cretaceous
vertebrate faunas in Europe and Asia. He has collected dinosaurs in Belgium, France, Romania, Russia,
and China.
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our main dinosaur-bearing sites have been
investigated in Late Cretaceous deposits from
the Amur/Heilongjiang Region: Jiayin and Wulaga
in China (Yuliangze Formation), Blagoveschensk
and Kundur in Russia (Udurchukan Formation).
More than 90% of the bones discovered in these
localities belong to hollow-crested lambeosaurine
hadrosaurids: Charonosaurus jiayinensis at Jiayin,
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and currently holds the positions of Past President and Chairperson of the Public Outreach /
Education Committee. Dan has a Baccalaureate in
palaeontology from Mount Royal University, Degrees
in Business Management from Chinook Learning
Services and Electronic Data Processing from Loyalist College, and Undergraduate Degrees in Systems
Analysis and Design and Architectural Drafting also
from Loyalist College.
Current and previous affiliations include the
Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Calgary Junior
Chamber of Commerce—jaycees, Calgary Philatelic
Society, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Calgary
and Area.
Dan has published work in Deposits Magazine
(uk), kick-started the APS Guide to Common Vertebrate Fossils from the Cretaceous of Alberta book project, and is currently working on another book titled
Moose Mountain, Alberta—Exploring the Natural
History of Canyon Creek and Area.
October
Philip Benham
Living with Fire: Cultural
Adaptations in the South Pacific
to Geological Processes
Friday, October 21, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
November
Dan Quinsey
Moose Mountain, Alberta—
Exploring the Natural History
of Canyon Creek and Area
Program
Summary
Friday, November 18, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
T
he lure of the mountains and foothills affects
us all. Most of us are familiar with the upper
and lower foothill regions of Alberta adjacent to the
Rocky Mountains which, together with the Rockies,
are commonly referred to as the Eastern Slopes. The
foothills are not only home to some of the most interesting species in the province, including the most
inland race of grizzly bears in North America, they
hold within them evidence of ancient times.
Uncovered within the lower foothill regions of Alberta are the Carboniferous and Jurassic formations
along Canyon Creek at Moose Mountain, where
many geological and palaeontological wonders wait
to be experienced and discovered.
The objective of this talk is to offer fellow enthusiasts an opportunity to experience the magnificence
of Canyon Creek, Moose Mountain. The focus will be
on the geological and palaeontological features of the
area, a brief survey of the exploration history, and a
look at the common flora and fauna along the way.
April
Annie Quinney
University of Calgary
Palaeoenvironments and
Palaeoclimate of the Upper
Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon
Formation (Alberta): Using
Ancient Soils to Study the Effect
of Environmental Changes on
Faunal Turnover in a Dinosaurdominated Terrestrial Ecosystem
Friday, April 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Biography:
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Dan Quinsey has been a member of the Alberta Palaeontological Society for over ten years
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he Horseshoe Canyon Formation (HCFm) is
a well-known dinosaur-bearing formation of
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Alberta which records a time-period near the end
of the Age of the Dinosaurs. The HCFm consists of
five informal sub-units marking significant lithologic
changes (Eberth, 2004). At the base of Unit 3 of the
HCFm, there is a distinct turnover in the species of
dinosaurs which includes the appearance of Parksosaurus, Hypacrosaurus and Saurolophus as well as
the disappearance of ceratopsians and a significant
decrease in turtle diversity. This turnover may be
associated with climatic changes that caused drying
and cooling during that time (Eberth et al., 2001;
Brinkman and Eberth, 2006).
Although it is often inferred that climate and
environmental change are responsible for changes in
dinosaur faunas near the end of the Cretaceous, this
hypothesis remains untested.
Palaeoclimates and palaeoenvironments can be inferred through the study of palaeosols (ancient soils)
that are preserved in the rock record (Retallack,
palaeoenvironmental changes within the HCF will
then be compared to known faunal changes in order
to determine if episodes of faunal change coincide
with episodes of environmental change. If positive,
this study will be the first to provide evidence that
climatic change affected dinosaur faunas in Alberta
during the Late Cretaceous.
In this talk Annie discussed the observations and
results achieved thus far in the project.
References
Eberth, D.A., 2004. A revised stratigraphy for the Edmonton
Group (Upper Cretaceous) and its potential sandstone reservoirs. Pre-conference Field Trip #7, CSPG-CHOA-CWLS
Joint Conference, 44 pp.
Eberth, D.A., Currie, P.J., Brinkman, D.B., Ryan, M.J., Braman,
D.R., Gardner, J.D., Lam, V.D., Spivak, D.N., and Newman,
A.G., 2001. Alberta’s dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates:
Judith River and Edmonton Groups (Campanian-Maastrichtian). In Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleontology in the Western
Plains and Rocky Mountains. Edited by C.L. Hill. Museum of
the Rockies Occasional Paper, 3: 47–75.
Brinkman, D.B. and Eberth, D.A. 2006. Turtles of the Horseshoe
Canyon and Scollard Formations: Further evidence for a biotic response to Late Cretaceous climate change. Fossil Turtle
Research, 1: 11–18.
Retallack, G.J., 2001. Soils of the past: An introduction to paleopedology (second edition). Oxford: Blackwell-Synergy.
Biography:
Annie Quinney is currently a M.Sc. student in
the Department of Geoscience at the University of
Calgary, where she completed her B.Sc. in 2008. Her
undergraduate thesis focused on the bite force and
feeding behaviours of extant and extinct predators,
including canids, felids and hyaenids, with a secondary focus on the extinct sabre-toothed cat Smilodon.
For her M.Sc., she switched her focus to examine
ancient soils as an indicator of past climates and
palaeoenvironmental change. She hopes to complete
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Annie Quinney examining a red soil horizon overlying a green
soil horizon in a palaeosol outcrop NW of Drumheller, Alberta.
2001). Palaeosols occur throughout the HCFm and
close examination of lithological and geochemical
features in these ancient soils will provide information on the environments and climates that prevailed
between 73 and 69 million years ago.
The objective of this research is to establish if
the known diversity changes in dinosaur and other
vertebrate faunas of the HCFm coincide with environmental and/or climatic changes. This objective
is achieved by establishing a palaeoenvironmental
and palaeoclimatic framework for the entire
HCFm, inferred from the study of palaeosols. The
stratigraphic occurrence of palaeoclimatic and/or
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Program Summary
bivalves have also been described, confirming the
ammonoid zonation.
The biostratigraphic data suggest that the Cardinal Member rather than the Ram Member is the
most laterally continuous member of the Cardium
Formation in the Southern Foothills. Sandstones of
the Pembina River Member of the Pembina Field
and the Cardium ‘’A’’ Sand in the Crossfield area
are correlative with the Cardinal and basal Leyland members in outcrop. The upper portion of the
Leyland Member, the Sturrock Member, and the
basal beds of the Wapiabi Formation are correlative
with the Cardium Zone of the subsurface. The available data also suggest that the Cardium Formation
is diachronous in both west–east and north–south
directions. Biostratigraphic correlations indicate that
unconformities within the Cardium Formation may
not always represent significant erosional events or
chronostratigraphic horizons.
(continued)
May
Wayne F. Braunberger
Molluscan Biostratigraphy
of the Cardium Formation,
Alberta Foothills and Adjacent
Subsurface
Friday, May 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
T
he Cardium Formation is a significant hydrocarbon reservoir in Alberta and hence is of considerable economic importance. It is one of the most
intensely studied formations in the Western Canada
Sedimentary Basin but is still poorly understood
in terms of depositional history, environments of
deposition and correlation of subsurface to outcrop.
Workers have concentrated on lithostatigraphy,
sedimentology, and more recently the application of
sequence stratigraphy in understanding the formation. A thorough review of the palaeontological data
is a basis for a refined biostratigraphy on which dating and correlation can be based. Ammonoids and
inoceramid bivalves allow recognition of all biozones
from the Middle Turonian to Late Coniacian in strata
of the Cardium Formation and immediately underlying (Blackstone) and overlying (Wapiabi) units.
Sediments comprising the Cardium Formation
accumulated from the Prionocyclus wyomingensis
zone through the Scaphites preventricosus zone. No
ammonite zones are absent; however, zones may be
partially absent in individual sections. In the southern foothills the Turonian/Coniacian boundary
occurs in the basal portion of the Leyland Member.
Farther north this boundary probably occurs within
the Moosehound Member. Prionocyclid ammonites
have been recovered from several sections in both
the subsurface and surface. Scaphites preventricosus
has been recovered from the Leyland Member and
ranges up into the basal beds of the overlying Wapiabi Formation. Ammonites referable to the Scaphites
preventricosus zone have also been recovered from
the Cardium Zone in the Edson Field. Inoceramid
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Biography:
Wayne Braunberger received B.Sc. (honours in geology) and M.Sc. (biostratigraphy and
sedimentology) degrees from the University of
Calgary. He is a member of several technical societies
including the cspg and has been involved with the
Alberta Palaeontological Society since its inception
and is currently President. o
Dig Dinosaurs in Mongolia
This August
By Mona Marsovsky
There are a few spots left in the Dinosaurs of the
Gobi expedition to be held August 8-23, 2011. This
expedition is led by Dr. Philip Currie and Dr. Eva
Koppelhus of the University of Alberta and Dr.
Badamgarav, a sedimentologist and senior scientific
researcher at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
Participants will prospect for fossils and participate in palaeontological explorations in the famed
Gobi Desert localities of Nemegt Basin, Altan Ula,
Ukhaa Tolgod, Tugrigiin Shiree and the Flaming
Cliffs. A couple of days of the tour have been reserved to explore Mongolian culture in Ulaanbaatar,
capital of Mongolia. This tour is for those who enjoy
hiking, exploring and tenting. For more information, see the Nomadic Expeditions website (www.
nomadicexpeditions.com and then select Trips and
Dinosaurs of the Gobi) or contact [email protected] or 1-800-998-6634. o
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2011 Field Trips
Trip 2011-3, August 20 & 21, 2011
Canyon Creek-Moose Mountain, Alberta
This trip will revisit the Canyon Creek-Moose
Mountain area of Kananaskis Country approximately
60 km west of Calgary. During the most recent visit
in 2003, we made six stops at various formations and
contacts. Geological observations were made and
members had an opportunity to collect invertebrate
fossils from Mississippian and Lower Jurassic rocks.
This year the trip will be expanded to two days,
covering up to twenty stops, including fossil collecting and prospecting sites (please note, collecting at a
couple of the sites may be restricted due to the scarcity of fossils present or the dangers involved due to
falling rock or extreme conditions), geological points
of interest and a possible visit to an abandoned well
site. There will also be opportunities to observe and
photograph a fantastic array of wildflowers and common fauna indigenous to the area.
Some sites will be roadside stops while most others will involve a trek on level ground. Proper hiking
footwear will be mandatory as steep slopes with
loose rocks, muddy surfaces, and some difficult trails
along dry to semi-dry creek beds are anticipated. A
good walking pole and backpack will definitely be an
asset. Lots of water is essential for those making longer treks. Other dangers in the area may include, but
are not limited to: ticks, cougars, bears, hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas, bad weather, contaminated drinking
water, isolation from help, difficult evacuation.
Due to the variety of terrain we will encounter,
conditions will vary at each site being visited. However, those with limited physical abilities are encouraged to attend as we may only spend 10–45 minutes
at each site and those wishing to hold back on the
more difficult treks may do so with little sacrifice.
This trip will be limited to 20 participants
and limited vehicles so participants will have to
carpool into the area. We will have access behind
locked gates with our vehicles. Those who arrive
late will not be permitted access beyond the locked
gates once the trip has begun. Field trip times will
be strictly adhered to. Plans are to meet at the Ings
Mine parking lot (Canyon Creek Road) at 8:00 a.m.
on Saturday for a brief orientation prior to getting
underway, and 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. There are lots
of camping opportunities in the immediate area and
Calgary is less than one hour away.
The registration deadline is August 5, 2011. o
By Wayne Braunberger,
Interim Field Trip Coordinator
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he August field trip is still open for registration.
You should have received a field trip registration
form with your March Bulletin. You can download
the form from the APS website (www.albertapaleo.
org). Please note that the $10.00 fee is due at the time
of registration. For information contact me at (403)
278-5154 or by email at [email protected].
Non-members and unaccompanied minors will
not be allowed to attend field trips. All participants
are required to have their membership in good
standing. Any membership applications received
after May 1, 2011 will not be reviewed and voted on
by the Board of Directors until September, 2011.
All participants will be required to read and sign
a release form (waiver). Detailed information will
be provided to all those registered shortly after the
registration deadline. After the registration deadline no refunds will be given; however, you will
receive the guidebook for the trip. No late registrations will be accepted. Registrations are accepted on
a first-come-first-served basis. Sign up early to avoid
disappointment.
I will be sending you the waiver and medical
forms along with the trip information. This information will be sent to you via e-mail or Canada Post.
Please ensure that your address is correct and legible
when sending in the registration form. When you
arrive at the meeting place please have the forms
completed. All participants are required to have
fully completed all waiver and medical forms in order to attend the trip. There will be no exceptions.
All personal information is held in confidence and
ultimately destroyed.
Trip Participant Responsibilities
It is understood that risk is inherent to some degree in outdoor activities. Before registering for a trip
please ensure you understand the risks involved and
are prepared to accept them.
• As a participant you are responsible for your
own safety and equipment at all times.
• Inform the trip leader of any medical conditions
they should be aware of in an emergency.
• Ensure that your previous experience, ability
and fitness level are adequate for the trip.
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Paleo 2011
Wrap-up
Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology and Director of The Paleontological Institute, University of
Kansas, taught the fifteen participants about the basic
classification of arthropods. The participants enjoyed
viewing the arthropod specimens which Paul Selden
and Lisa Bohach brought.
Unfortunately, the good luck that we had with
road conditions did not last, and Victoria Arbour,
the instructor for the “Ankylosaur Fan Club” workshop, was turned back by treacherous roads on her
voyage from Edmonton on Sunday morning. The
seventeen participants who arrived at Mount Royal
University were disappointed with the cancellation of
the ankylosaur workshop. The good news is that Victoria has agreed to run her workshop at next year’s
symposium. See photos of this year’s symposium at
By Mona Marsovsky
P
aleo 2011 was another great success, thanks
to the efforts of APS volunteers Vaclav
Marsovsky, Phil Benham, Howard Allen,
Harold Whittaker, Wayne Braunberger,
Mona Marsovsky, Dan Quinsey, Lisa Bohach, Doug
Shaw, Emily Frampton, Pete Truch and Georgia
Hoffman and the ongoing support of Mount Royal
University (mru) (Mike Clark and John Cox) with
funding from the Canadian Society of Petroleum
Geologists (cspg).
Even though roads were slippery and a large
snowfall warning posted, the only speaker not able to
present on Saturday March 19 was Victoria Arbour.
Author Ben Gadd ably extended his talk to help fill
Victoria’s half hour spot. About seventy attendees enjoyed the eight talks and the poster displays. Groups
such as the Dinosaur Research Institute, Archaeological Society of Alberta, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the Mount Royal University
Students’ Geology Club provided displays.
As part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the
formation of the APS, president Wayne Braunberger
presented certificates to the original founding
(charter) members. Les Adler, Harvey Negrich and
Don Sabo were present to receive their certificates.
Certificates will also be sent to Lyle Hartwig and
Geoff and June Barrett, who were not in attendance.
Wayne Braunberger is also a charter member. Wayne
acknowledged twenty-five-year members David
Mundy, Sunni and Robert Turner and Meinrad
Hoffmann, who were not present to accept their
certificates. Wayne also presented Life Memberships
to Dan and Valerie Quinsey, Vaclav and Mona
Marsovsky and Phil Benham for their ten-plus years
of service to the Society on the APS Executive.
Unlike at previous symposia, we have a few of the
abstract volumes (which summarize the talks and
posters) still available for sale ($7.00 each). Contact
Mona Marsovsky at the next APS meeting or by
e-mail: [email protected] or phone: 403-5470182, if you would like a copy.
At the Fossil Arthropod workshop held on Sunday, Dr. Paul Selden, Gulf-Hedberg Distinguished
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Preparations are already underway for Paleo 2012,
scheduled for March 17–18, 2012. If you would like
to speak or present a poster or display at Paleo 2012,
contact Vaclav or Mona Marsovsky (membership@
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2011 Microfossil
Sorting Project
Summary
By Mona Marsovsky
A
PS held a record six microfossil sorting sessions
this past winter. On November 6, 2010, and
January 29, 2011, volunteers sorted through the sediments of the Late Cretaceous Foremost Formation
from the Milk River area to aid the work of Emily
Frampton, who had used the sediments for her Master’s degree at the University of Calgary. We found a
variety of Myledaphus teeth, gar scales, fish vertebrae,
and quite a few nice invertebrate shells. This was the
same set of sediments from which Emily discovered
a new species of Myledaphus.
In the other four sessions (January 15, February 12,
February 26 and March 12, 2011), we sifted through
the Paleocene matrix of the upper Scollard Formation from the Wintering Hills area near Drumheller
under the direction of Dr. Don Brinkman of the
Royal Tyrrell Museum (rtmp). This sediment, which
was deposited in the first 200,000 years after the K/T
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APS Marks a Quarter-Century!
All smiles at the January 1987 general meeting in the (then) Mount Royal College rock lab. 2011 is the 25th Anniversary year
of the Alberta Palaeontological Society, which was founded in March, 1986. Names in bold text are current members: 1. Paul
Milo; 2. Jill Fryling; 3. Marian Walker; 4. Wayne Braunberger; 5. Steffie Negrich; 6. Lynn Braunberger; 7. Harvey Negrich;
8. Brett Nickerson; 9. Laverne Novlan; 10. Irene Novlan; 11. Karen Tanke; 12. Don Sabo; 13. Dave Mundy; 14. Stephanie Milo;
15. Karen Weinhold; 16. Don Emery; 17. Gerry Morgan; 18. Dick Walker; 19. Darren Tanke; 20. Irene Markhasin; 21. Boris Markhasin;
22. Sue Marsland; 23. Geoff Barrett; 24. Annie Milo; 25. Leslie Adler. Photo courtesy of June and Geoff Barrett. Thanks to Wayne
Braunberger for identifications.
noon sessions was excellent, ranging from eight to
fifteen people attending each session with an average
of twelve volunteers attending each session. The APS
volunteers for this past winter were (in alphabetical order): Les Adler, Judith Aldama, Lisa Bohach,
David Fischman, Georgia Hoffman, Mona and
Vaclav Marsovsky, Reba Murphy, Harvey Negrich,
Mai Powell, Al Rasmuson, Davis and Ken Roman,
Dan and Valerie Quinsey, Doug Shaw, Reg Spratley, Pete Truch, Harold Whittaker and Conrad Wilson. We wish to thank Mike Clark and John Cox of
Mount Royal University for allowing us to use room
B213 and all its excellent microscopes for this work.
Without their support, we could not have held these
sessions. Thanks also go to Emily Frampton and
Don Brinkman for allowing us to sort through their
matrix and have some fun finding fossils in the midst
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boundary event (64.5 to 65.5 million years ago), was
particularly important for the study of the diversification of life after that major extinction event. The
goal was to find mammal teeth for Dr. Craig Scott
of the rtmp and we succeeded. In addition, this rich
sediment also yielded salamander bones, fish vertebrae, scales, jaws and skull fragments, champsosaur
bones, crocodile teeth and even some frog bones.
Attendance at these 2.5 hour long Saturday after
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Seasons of
Change
By Erika Sherk
A
new name, a new logo and a glitzy fundraising ball on the horizon—momentum
keeps rolling for the Pipestone Creek
Dinosaur Initiative. The project is tasked
with creating a world-class dinosaur museum near
Wembley, Alberta—a centre of excellence for research, education and discovery highlighting the
region’s renowned fossil riches.
The biggest news recently is the museum’s renaming. The facility was officially renamed on April
5, 2011 as the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum.
Formerly known as the River of Death and Discovery Dinosaur Museum, there were many reasons
behind this momentous change. Negative reaction
to the “death” component of the former name was
holding back some segments of public support and
sponsorship—pretty problematic for an organization working to raise several more millions to build
a museum. The “river” component had also become
less pertinent as the site of the museum had changed
from its original spot overlooking the water. The
name had become restrictive—it referred to one
event, while the museum soon began evolving into
an international centre of excellence with a much
According to Dr. Currie’s Alberta Order of Excellence biography, “he is easily one of Canada’s most referenced scientists in
the news media who has made more than 1,000 appearances
in newspapers, radio and TV in his efforts to increase awareness
of and interest in palaeontology.” Photo by Chris Beauchamp,
Beauchamp Photography (©).
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Not only is Dr. Currie an international palaeontological celebrity revered for his long list of achievements and discovery, he is
also a kind, humble man filled with enthusiasm for the wonderful natural history in Alberta. Photo by Chris Beauchamp, Beauchamp Photography (©).
larger focus. “The River of Death and Discovery
Dinosaur Museum” is also a pretty big mouthful, as
is the acronym: rdddm.
Though many were still in favour of the old name
—and the Initiative did receive a letter from Mrs.
Whipple’s Grade Four Class at Hillside Community
School saying that they understood that dinosaurs
died and that’s why we have such neat fossils today
—it was important to respect people’s concerns and
address the issue of the museum’s new location away
from the river. As we set about considering a new
name, one immediately came up as the ultimate,
most obvious option.
We’ve been extremely fortunate to have Dr. Philip
Currie involved in this project from Day One.
Though he would likely disagree in his humble
way, Dr. Currie is an international celebrity in the
world of palaeontology. This is due not only to his
staggering list of accomplishments in research and
discovery across the world but also because of his
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enduring enthusiasm and generosity. Dr. Currie is
a palaeontologist who has persevered to make the
great riches of fossil resources in Alberta known and
appreciated. He has a gift for making multi-million
year-old fossils come alive for people and has been
involved in discovering and naming no less than
twenty-five new species of dinosaur.
Though Dr. Currie is a figure known around the
world—for example, he recently returned from two
months in Antarctica—he has been an advocate for
this museum for decades. He even co-authored a
book on the Pipestone bonebed’s unique species,
called A New Horned Dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous Bonebed in Alberta. It’s very exciting to have
Dr. Currie so tangibly connected with the project
now, and we couldn’t be more pleased that this facility will bear his name.
Rolling on towards the Ball
With all 700 seats sold and buzz growing daily, the
Aykroyd Family and Friends Dinosaur Ball is looking
bound to be the biggest event of the last few million
years. With July 23 coming ever closer, items are still
being sought for the silent auction—we’ve got a pretty exciting list growing, from a 74 million-year-old
ammonite to a jet boat ride to a multi-course meal
with wine pairings created by a top chef in your own
home. The evening is going to be dazzling, with the
Canadian Tenors singing, a five-course gourmet meal
designed and prepared by the region’s five best chefs,
dancing to a renowned Calgary blues band and an
avante garde fossil-inspired interior. Please contact
Brian Brake, Executive Director at the Pipestone
Creek Dinosaur Initiative for more information at
(780) 532-2362.
To the bonebed!
The Initiative will be launching bonebed tours
for the public in mid-June. Designed to educate
and delight anyone from an avid dino enthusiast to
someone who can’t tell a sauropod from a theropod,
the tours will showcase and explain the fossil riches
contained in the Pipestone Creek bonebed. Filled
with the fossils of a unique species, Pachyrhinosaurus
lakustai, it is the site of a mass death event some
73 million years ago. These tours will take place
throughout the summer. Contact Laura Beauchamp, Education Manager at the Pipestone Creek
Dinosaur Initiative for more information at (780)
532-2362. [Erika Sherk is the Communications and
Marketing Manager for the Pipestone Creek Dinosaur
Initiative, (780) 532-2362, ext. 304.] o
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Hadrosaur Symposium
September 22–23, 2011
Royal Tyrrell Museum
T
he Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto,
will jointly host the 2011 International Hadrosaur
Symposium on September 22–23, 2011. The focus of the symposium is duck-billed dinosaurs
(Hadrosauridae).
The symposium honours the contributions of
David Weishampel and features presentations from
more than fifty researchers including Pascal Godefroit (Belgium), Jack Horner (usa), Rodolfo Coria
(Argentina), Paul Barrett (uk), Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar (Mongolia), David Evans (Canada), Yu Haillu (China), Rene Hernandez (Mexico) and David
Norman (uk).
Registration
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E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: Toll free in Alberta: 310-0000 then dial 403823-7707. Toll free in North America: 1-888-4404240. Outside of North America: 1-403-823-7707.
Attendance is limited to 175 participants, so register
early. Early Bird Registration is cdn$125 until August
31. From September 1 registration is cdn$150.
Registration allows access to the symposium oral
and poster presentations, specimen viewing, one
copy of the abstract volume, and the social events
(evening icebreaker at the Museum, Wednesday,
September 21 and symposium dinner, Thursday,
September 22).
A Field Trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park on Saturday, September 24 is an additional cdn$75. Space is
limited.
Visit us on the Web and at Facebook:
www.tyrrellmuseum.com (select “Research”)
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A History of Albertosaurus-related
Popular Culture Events and Activities
in Canada
By Darren H. Tanke
T
he first fossil material of the Late
Cretaceous tyrannosaurid dinosaur
Albertosaurus sarcophagus was collected
near today’s Drumheller, Alberta in 1884
by Joseph Burr Tyrrell (Tanke and Currie, 2010).
Tyrrell’s specimen and other material collected over
the next two decades were then referred to poorly
known theropod taxa such as “Dryptosaurus” and
“Laelaps”. All of these Albertan specimens were
later reidentified as Albertosaurus, the new generic
name published by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905
(Osborn, 1905), the year Alberta became a province
(Byfield, 1984).
A special Albertosaurus issue of the Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences (volume 47, number 9), was
released in the fall of 2010 and covered various scientific aspects of the genus (Currie and Koppelhus,
2010). While Albertosaurus has appeared regularly
in subsequent scientific publications after Osborn’s
description, there have been a number of other more
popular culture events or activities relating to the
genus in Canada (but mostly Alberta) over the past
century, with most occurring over the past twenty
five years. Albertosaurus forms the tmp’s logo, has
appeared twice on Canadian postage stamps, was the
main theme in several popular dinosaur books, has
appeared in historical reenactments on television, in
dioramas, or as 1:1 scale sculptures originating in and
displayed in Canada.
These and other popular culture events are re-
* Senior Technician II, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Box 7500, Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0 [email protected]
Disclaimer: Names of individuals or companies in this article are provided for historical purposes only. Their naming herein should not be construed as an endorsement of their products or services by the author, the Royal Tyrrell Museum (TMP), the Government of Alberta or the Alberta
Palaeontological Society. The author’s opinions are his alone.
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viewed chronologically along with their related histories and associated literature. Only events that occurred (or are occurring) in Canada, or had a direct
Canadian origin are discussed here. Albertosaurus
is a popular subject for palaeontology artists worldwide. Smaller scale sculptures, flat art (Anonymous,
1998), and a number of commercial toys have also
been made, but these are not reviewed here.
The taxonomy of tyrannosaurids has been
in a state of flux for many years with the names
Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus used interchangeably.
For this paper, Albertosaurus is defined as the tyrannosaur (A. sarcophagus) found in the Late Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation which is well
exposed in the Drumheller, Alberta badlands and
upstream to the Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial
Park area. Gorgosaurus and Daspletosaurus are found
in stratigraphically older Dinosaur Park and Oldman
formations,1 as can be seen in Dinosaur Provincial
Park and elsewhere in the province of Alberta. However, as we shall see, some artists have been unwittingly caught in taxonomic disagreements or were
loose with the terms Gorgosaurus and Albertosaurus
and some sculptures have used the names interchangeably. As a result models of Gorgosaurus appear
in Drumheller (fossil material there was renamed
Albertosaurus) and Albertosaurus models appear
in Gorgosaurus territory. Such taxonomic flip-flops
are noted below as it is believed the artists involved
likely wanted to represent tyrannosaurid taxa found
in their particular home areas, not elsewhere in the
province.
1953
Possibly the first public display of a life-sized
Albertosaurus reconstruction in Canada (certainly
in Alberta) was a steel bar, chicken wire and concrete sculpture made by Finnish-born John Kanerva
(1883–1976; Anonymous, 1962, 1964, 1974; McLean,
1962; Hull, 1974) in Calgary. This and many dozens of other life-size prehistoric animal sculptures
were displayed at the Calgary Zoo’s Natural History
Park which opened in 1937 (Sara, 1937; Anonymous,
1975b). The specific date of construction for many
of Kanerva’s dinosaurs is not well known as he
(often assisted by others) built many sculptures of
prehistoric animals until about 1960 (Debus 2006).
Anonymous (1953) reports Kanerva about to begin
work on a Gorgosaurus sculpture and McNeill (1953)
states that Kanerva had just finished a “Gorgosaurus
libratus”, the 26th sculpture of a prehistoric animal
in the park, though the author, when a boy, distinctly
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remembers Albertosaurus signage with it. While
recognizable as a tyrannosaurid, the sculpture (and
nearly all the others) were not particularly accurate
anatomically and not long after his death, all but one
of Kanerva’s creations were destroyed by about 1981
(contra Anonymous, 1977). This was done when the
Zoo moved, expanded, and modernized its new Prehistoric Park which opened in 1983 (east section) and
1984 (west section). The only survivor of this purge,
and Kanerva’s first piece, was the oversized Apatosaurus affectionately known as “Dinny”, a protected
monument (as of 1987) and a famous Calgary icon.
The author was unable to find an image of Kanerva’s
Albertosaurus (Gorgosaurus) sculpture.
There have been at least two dinosaur-themed
parks that have opened and closed in Ontario, one
in Alberta near Wetaskiwin and one near Sicamous,
British Columbia. The history of these parks is not
well known and it is uncertain if these (or other)
parks included Albertosaurus sculptures in their
displays.
1969–1970
Drumheller resident and general contractor
Trygve “Tig” Seland (1908–1986; Anonymous,
Figure 1. A large concrete cf. Albertosaurus model from the
original Prehistoric Park in Drumheller, seen here in the spring
of 2011. It and the other concrete dinosaur models in town
are regularly repainted by the town, service clubs, or children
(smaller dinosaur models) during organized events. Photograph by the author.
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1986a–d) made the smaller of the two Tyrannosaurus models currently near the bridge in Drumheller
(Anonymous, 1960; Shiels, 1980). It was unveiled in
a public ceremony on Dominion Day, July 1, 1960
(Anonymous, 1960a, b). Impressed by the continued
positive public response to the model and the visitation to the new local fossil museum, Seland later
decided to build his own dinosaur theme park in
town. He and Jack Durnie (1932–2005; Anonymous,
2005), a Drumheller plumber, bought 140 acres of
land in the badlands and valley bottom on the southcentral edge of town. Between 1969 and 1975, the pair
built around two dozen mostly life-sized concrete
dinosaurs, which attracted about 30,000 visitors per
year (Anonymous, 1969b–c; 1975a). After changing
hands at least once, the park closed about 1993 and
the models were later set up mostly in and around
downtown Drumheller. The original park contained
several concrete tyrannosaur models. The first, and
largest (fig. 1) was constructed in 1969 (Anonymous,
1969a, 1970b). Its specific identity is uncertain, which
is often the case with such stylized or abstracted “folk
art”, especially when it involves prehistoric subjects.
It is either a Tyrannosaurus or Albertosaurus/Gorgosaurus. The model still exists and is in a small grassed
lot on the corner of 3rd Avenue East and Riverside
Drive in Drumheller where it has sat since about the
mid-1990s.
The second, smaller model was called Gorgosaurus
in a Drumheller postcard issued by the theme park,
but the author has also heard it called Albertosaurus,
yet some websites show the sculpture and identify
it as Allosaurus! Confusing matters further are the
presence of three-fingered hands, which would be
expected for Allosaurus, but three-fingered hands
were also incorporated incorrectly in the earliest reconstructions of Tyrannosaurus. A photograph of the
model (on microfilmed Drumheller Mail newspaper)
seems to show it having two-fingered hands when
completed by the summer of 1970 (Anonymous,
1970a). Possibly repairs were made to it
because the park and its dinosaurs were vandalized
soon after opening (Anonymous, 1969d)2, which may
have resulted in an extra finger being added. Whatever Seland’s taxonomic intentions originally were,
the model still survives and is displayed outside the
Drumheller Post Office (fig. 2). Not known to many
is the fact that Seland also built some of those popular oversized concrete animal “mascots” for a number
of Albertan towns (many figured in Anonymous,
2004).
1984
In early May, 1984 Calgarian dinosaur sculptor
Brian Cooley (1956-) and his wife Mary Ann Wilson
(1955-) delivered a life-sized Albertosaurus sculpture
to Drumheller (Anonymous 1984a–c, e; Limerick
1984; Smith 1984; Tolley 1984; Cooley 1988; fig. 3a–c).
A number of pet names were considered for the
sculpture: it was eventually named “Lillian” (Tivy,
1985b).
In a town populated with numerous corpulent and
stylized concrete dinosaurian monstrosities, the arrival of Lillian, a scientifically and anatomically correct Albertosaurus, destined for the then upcoming
Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology was a refreshing
change and really set a new standard of excellence
for future professional dinosaur reconstructions.
Construction of the 454 kilogram (1,000 pound)
sculpture took some six months; work beginning in
mid November, 1983. The sculpture was made from
welded steel tubing and pencil rod (steel dowel), burlap, chicken wire, urethane foam, fiberglass, paint,
and dots of resin beads, each applied individually by
hand via a hypodermic syringe. Approximately 500
man hours and 500,000 hand applied resin dots were
required to finish the skin texture which was the
most labour intensive part
of the sculpture’s
con-
Figure 2. Theropod dinosaur concrete sculpture of uncertain taxonomic affinities (Albertosaurus?) outside of the Canada Post office
in Drumheller, spring 2011. Photograph by the author.
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a
c
b
Figure 3a-c. a) “Lillian” the Albertosaurus being loaded onto a truck, February 2, 2007. b, c) Lillian on display in the Drumheller Valley
Secondary School, Drumheller, May 5, 2011. The model was on display at the TMP from September, 1985 to January 2007. Figure 3a
by Sue Sabrowski, TMP; 3b–c by the author.
struction (Cooley, 1988).
Many people don’t realize that Lillian the
Albertosaurus was actually based on Royal Ontario
Museum (rom) 1247 Gorgosaurus libratus as no good
full skeletons of Albertosaurus were known to use
as a basis at that time. However the two genera are
similar in size and proportions so modeling on the
Gorgosaurus specimen was deemed practical. Anonymous (1984e) states that the sculpture was based on a
skeleton dug up near Trochu, Alberta, which is only
partly true as this specimen was incomplete3. This
sleight of hand would create some controversy later
(see 1987 entry below). A photograph of Lillian and
Gorgosaurus rom 1247 standing side by side appears
in Bryden (1984) and the sculpture in the Tyrrell
Museum while under construction appears in Tivy
(1985).
In the late 1980s, overnight children’s camp-ins
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were held at the museum and visitors slept on the
floor near Lillian; the popular events were known as
“Lillian’s Pajama Party” (Anonymous 1988; DeBona,
1989; Anonymous, 1990a, b; Elves 2005). For Tyrrell
staff, the sculpture quickly became an unofficial museum mascot and was a very popular photo stop for
museum visitors. Millions of museum visitors saw
Lillian during her twenty-two years on exhibit.
Tyrrell Museum gallery renovations and renewals (the building of the new ceratopsian gallery in
2007) necessitated the permanent removal of Lillian. On February 2, 2007 the popular sculpture was
removed from exhibit (fig. 3a) and sent to the local
high school, which was also then undergoing major renovations and expansion (Anonymous 2007;
Kolafa 2007; Ridgley 2007a). Stored for a time in
an unheated and covered shed made to specifically
house Lillian, the model was brought into the high
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used extensively over the
years on souvenir items
such as tmp coffee mugs,
several collector coins,
T-shirts, etc.
1987
In 1987 the taxonomy
of tyrannosaurids, including Albertosaurus,
was undergoing revision
Figure 4. The TMP’s running Albertosaurus logo as seen outside the museum in 2009. Photograph (Bakker et al. 1988). This
by the author.
work was picked up by
the media and for reaschool in October 2009 and later remounted for
sons unknown created some controversy (Hatton
exhibit (Smylie, 2010b). During construction a door
1987; Cooley 1988). Though details are now hazy, it
was slammed on Lillian’s tail, snapping it off about 1
seems the fact that the 1984 sculpture of Lillian the
m from the tip. Some repairs were made, but at the
Albertosaurus (fig. 3a–c) was actually based on rom
1247 Gorgosaurus was deliberately and maliciously
time of writing the model still shows signs of damage. By early January 2011, when the high school was
revealed to the print media, quite likely by a disreopened, Lillian was now in the middle of the new
gruntled (and now ex) tmp technician. However, the
library as an elevated walkaround display (fig. 3b)
two taxa are so similar that then Tyrrell staffer Philip
and quite a popular item for staff and students for
J. Currie wryly commented on the supposed “controwhom she will no doubt inspire and awe generations
versy” by stating: “they look the same unless you are
to come.
a palaeontologist” (Hatton 1987).
An early September 1984 public announcement
(Anonymous 1984d, f) figures the Tyrrell Museum’s
1989
running Albertosaurus logo (fig. 4) publically and
1989 saw Canada Post issue a postage stamp set of
states that the logo is the official one of the Tyrrell
four explorers of Canada’s Far North. All valued at
Museum which has exclusive rights to the image. The
38¢, there was a stamp commemorating Joseph Burr
logo was created by Singapore-born Mr. Wei Yew, of
Tyrrell (fig. 5), the geologist for whom the tmp was
Edmonton, in 1984 (Tivy, 1985b). Yew, then 40, was a
named. The stamp featuring him included an abgraphic designer hired on contract with three other
stracted version of an Albertosaurus skull—one cerdesign groups in conjunction with Tyrrell Museum
tainly more complete and uncrushed than Tyrrell’s
designers to create the public galleries. While engaged in that work, over a period of two to three
weeks, he designed an Albertosaurus-based logo
using this animal because it had Alberta in its name
and was the type of dinosaur found (in 1884) by the
museum’s namesake Joseph Burr Tyrrell. Also, it
was believed to have been an active, fast animal and
these aspects were to be conveyed in the logo. This
was certainly accomplished and the logo still looks
modern some twenty-seven years later.
The logo has been modified slightly on occasion
by the addition of other background or surrounding designs (for example, exploding fireworks); the
changes done in conjunction with museum celebraFigure 5. 1989 Canada Post 38¢ stamp honoring J.B. Tyrrell
tions such as anniversaries (Cochrane 1995). The
which includes a stylized rendition of an Albertosaurus skull positioned left centre. Photograph by the author.
Tyrrell Museum’s Albertosaurus logo has also been
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Figure 6. An actor dressed up as Joseph Burr Tyrrell reenacts the discovery of Albertosaurus skull CMN 5600. The lower jaws and
teeth are visible on the right. Photograph by the author.
1884 find. The first-day cover was hand cancelled on
March 22 in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, the jumping
off point for some early explorers (Tyrrell included)
on their way to the Arctic barrens. The same day, a
plaque featuring the Tyrrell stamp as well as three
other explorers of Canada’s North was unveiled at the
Tyrrell Museum (Anonymous 1989a–c).
1991
In the early 1990s a series of Canadian historical
vignettes were filmed for the crb (Charles R. Bronfman) Foundation Heritage Project and featured on
television during commercial breaks. The discovery
of Tyrrell’s 1884 Albertosaurus skull was reenacted
and filmed in the summer of 1991 in Dinosaur
Provincial Park and Matzhiwin Creek badlands near
Duchess, Alberta (Boulton 1993).
The author was a scientific and historical consultant as a well as an assistant field set developer on
this short project, which was one of dozens of television short spotlights celebrating various aspects of
Canadian human and natural history. The film team
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and support crew was quite large, on the order of a
major Hollywood production.
The camera crew filmed the field reenactment sequences for several days in late July and early August.
For the simulated fossil rediscovery, the Park staff
rightly did not want a large hole dug into the rock
simply for the sake of a brief reenactment. Therefore
an artificial outcrop was created in the middle of
the badlands core area, just west of the Valley of the
Moon region. A fiberglass cast of Tyrrell’s skull find
(Canadian Museum of Nature #5600) was laid on
the ground at the base of an existing white sandstone outcrop. Remarkably, to simulate the eroded
rill features so distinctive in the badlands, the legs of
a number of ladies’ pantyhose were filled with wet
sand gathered from the shore of the nearby Red Deer
River. Knotted or tied shut, these were laid out and
stacked up, radiating in a serpentine fashion from
the base of the outcrop to simulate the distinctive
meandering rills of the surrounding badlands topography. The cavity around the now mostly surrounded
skull cast and areas outside the pantyhose were filled
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is written on the map with a fountain pen.
Examination of the old map, along with
more modern 1:50,000 topographical
maps and Google Earth© shows that the
course of the meandering Kneehills Creek
in the specific area has remained virtually
unchanged in roughly 125 years, making a correlation to modern documents
and digital images easy. utm coordinates
acquired through Google Earth© narrow the search radius to within 30 m of
the X marked on the 1919 map; efforts to
relocate the site will be made later this
summer.
1993
The Ex Terra Canada-China-Alberta
Dinosaur Project show opened in Edmonton in May 1993. This large travelling
exhibit featured mostly Canadian and
Chinese dinosaurs. Part of the exhibit included another life-size adult Albertosaurus made by dinosaur
sculptor Brian Cooley (Lowey 1993; fig. 7). The sculpture accompanied the show on its worldwide tour
until 1997, when most of it was acquired, along with
other dinosaur exhibits, by the tmp. Cooley’s creation
made the cover story in Museum Store magazine
(Chapman, 1993), which documented the marketing
of the Ex Terra dinosaur exhibit. Of late the sculpture
is usually in warehouse storage in Edmonton, Alber-
Figure 7. The Ex Terra Albertosaurus sculpture built by Brian Cooley. This sculpture travelled the world until 1997, when the financially-troubled Ex Terra exhibit closed down. Image scanned from Ex Terra souvenir show catalogue.
in and banked up respectively with wet sand and the
pantyhose similarly covered over with a thin sand
layer. Part of a dentary and some of its teeth were left
exposed at the surface. Once the simulated outcrop
dried out in the hot sun and wind, then was finally
sprinkled with dry sand and dust, the desired in situ
effect was quite realistic.
A bearded actor portraying “J.B. Tyrrell”, dressed
up in period clothes and equipped with antique hand
tools was able to find and uncover his Albertosaurus
skull once again for the benefit of the movie camera
(Lawlor 1999; fig. 6) and the television audience. The
resulting 60 second vignette (see Anonymous, 2009a
for online link and Anonymous 2009b for more
information on the series) ran regularly on television
Canada-wide for well over five years (beginning in
the summer of 1993) and is still aired from time to
time.
On the topic of Tyrrell’s Albertosaurus site, readers
may be interested in learning that there has been a
recent positive development regarding the relocation of the actual site of his 1884 Albertosaurus skull.
Owing to poor locality data, the whereabouts of this
historically important site had been long lost with
seemingly little hope of ever relocating it (Tanke and
Currie, 2010).
However, the author has recently seen an old map
with the site indicated on it. The map, issued in 1919,
shows the whereabouts of J.B. Tyrrell’s 1884 campsite
and an X marks the spot nearby for the location of
his “Laelaps” skull discovery (Laelaps now being a
junior synonym of Albertosaurus). The information
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Figure 8. The 1993 Canada Post 43¢ Albertosaurus stamp, one
of a series of sixteen featuring prehistoric animals from Canada.
Photograph by the author.
ta, but it and other old Ex Terra dinosaur mounts are
occasionally brought out for travelling exhibits or the
Albertosaurus sculpture is displayed alone for tmp
promotional events (Anonymous 2006a). At the time
of writing it is displayed in the reception/admissions
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area of the Calgary Tower but may soon be
leaving there.
Also in 1993, to commemorate October
as stamp collecting month, Canada Post
released a set of stamps featuring Canadian
prehistoric animals. One stamp featured
Albertosaurus (Aaron 1993; Cochrane 1993;
fig. 8). The stamps were unveiled at the tmp
with much fanfare on October 1 (Anonymous 1993a-b) and the first-day covers were
hand cancelled in Drumheller on October
10. The Albertosaurus stamp was among the
third of four sets of stamps featuring prehistoric life in Canada which were released
in 1990–1994. Albertosaurus has also been
featured on postage stamps from sixteen
other countries—evidently a popular sub- Figure 9. The 1994 Brian Cooley-built Albertosaurus 1:1 scale model for the
ject (Anonymous, 2009c).
TMP, 2009. Photograph by the author.
1994
On August 17, 1994 dinosaur sculptor Brian
Cooley delivered to the tmp another life-size
Albertosaurus flesh reconstruction (fig. 9) and several
ornithomimids. The dynamic group was mounted
outside on the museum’s plaza with the Albertosaurus
chasing the ornithomimids (Anonymous 1994a–d;
Cochrane 1994). The sculptures were taken down in
2007 pending development and construction of a
multi-phased new outdoor main entrance area. They
were returned to the museum’s front entrance in the
spring of 2009 though
the Albertosaurus and
ornithomimids are now
well separated so the
original pursuit aspect
of the grouping is lost.
Another Albertosaurus
and one ornithomimid
were cast from the
same moulds and
were on display at
the Air Canada baggage carousel in the
Calgary International
Airport beginning in
Figure 10. Cover of A Moment in
1995 (Tousley, 1995;
Time with Albertosaurus book by
Sollid, 1995) until No- Felber et al., 1998. Image from
vember 2, 2000 when
the Internet.
they were replaced
by another Cooley built dinosaur exhibit featuring
small theropod dinosaurs ripping open air travelers’
luggage and scattering the contents (Anonymous,
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2000b–c; Cochrane, 2000; Summerfield, 2000).
The second Cooley Albertosaurus sculpture (and
ornithomimid) was sold to The Exploration Place
Museum and Science Centre in Prince George, British Columbia and has been on display there since
March 2001. The two dinosaurs were successfully
transported from Calgary to Prince George, exposed
to the elements and for all the world to see. When
the driver stopped for a lunch break in McBride,
British Columbia, the dinosaurs caused such a scene
that many people went inside the restaurant making enquires and buying lunch, too. So many people
came in that the restaurant filled up. The owners
were so pleased by this turn of events that they gave
the truck driver his lunch for free! (Campbell, pers.
comm., 2011.)
1998
In 1998 an Albertosaurus-themed book aimed at a
younger audience was released (Felber et al., 1998).
This was the second book (fig. 10) in a series of five
fictional but fact-based titles relating the life histories of various prehistoric animals found in Alberta.
Entitled A Moment in Time with Albertosaurus,
the book discussed the Dry Island Albertosaurus
bonebed and other aspects of the animal’s biology as
gleaned or interpreted from the fossil record at that
and other sites.
1999
1999 saw the release of the book Albertosaurus:
Death of a Predator (Kieran, 1999). However, it
should have been proactively entitled “Gorgosau-
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Figure 11. Welcome to Drumheller tourism sign, spring 2011. Vandals have
damaged the end of the tail and removed most of the model’s teeth. Photograph by the author.
rus: Death of a Predator.” The book’s story revolves
around the discovery, collection, preparation,
display and science of tmp 1991.036.0500 (quarry
200), a subadult Gorgosaurus from Dinosaur Provincial Park, co-discovered by Philip J. Currie and
the author on July 30, 1991. After preparation it
was identified as a Gorgosaurus but a revised taxonomy separating Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus
on stratigraphic and anatomical grounds, while well
underway, had not been formally published and the
old term Albertosaurus was still in use—hence its appearance on and in the book. A copy of Kieran’s book
was included in a 2000 time capsule at the Chinook
Centre shopping mall in Calgary.
Around 1999, the town of Drumheller began installing new “Welcome to Drumheller” signs that
featured an Albertosaurus (fig. 11). The first sign was
installed on the south side of town in 1998 or 1999,
the north side in 2000, the west side in 2002, and the
east side in 2004.
Also in 1999, on May 19–21, the tmp hosted the
Western Premiers’ Conference, a meeting of western
Canadian provincial and territorial Premiers. For
the evening relaxing social activities a beer called
“albertosaurus ale” (fig. 12) was featured. The beer
was made by the Big Rock Brewery of Calgary and
was possibly a rebranded version of their Traditional
Ale. This beverage was enjoyed by the premiers and
leftover stock was bought up by tmp staff. The label
featured the cartoon head of an Albertosaurus, licking its lips. The artist who designed the beer label is
currently unknown.
2000
2000 was the year for large metal renditions of
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Albertosaurus, with two examples being
constructed.
Toronto steampunk artist Russell Zeid
completed an adult life-sized standing
Albertosaurus skeletal sculpture (figs.
13a-b) for the Chinook Centre shopping
mall in Calgary. The sculpture weighs
2.5 t, made from 600 pieces of welded
scrap metal and machinery parts found
in Alberta and Ontario scrap piles and
junkyards. The red glowing eyes are made
from two floodlights. Additional images
of the sculpture can be found via Internet
searches: e.g. http://palaeoblog.blogspot.
com/2007/03/chinook-center-t-rex.html
Also in 2000, American artist Michael
Milbourne created a 3.7 m (12 foot) long
metal life sculpture of a young Albertosaurus (figs.
14a–d) using about 1,000 custom-shaped pieces of
welded iron sheet metal (Milbourne, 2001). The
project took five months to build and was done
on a tight schedule. Milbourne was assisted with
advice from tmp’s Philip Currie and the author, and
palaeontology staff at the Smithsonian Institution.
Figure 12. Beer label, by Big Rock Brewery, made for the 1999
Western Premiers’ Conference hosted by the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller. On seeing the label recently, someone commented it should have been called “Albeertosaurus Ale”. Author’s collection and photograph.
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a
b
Figure 13a, b. The Chinook Centre Albertosaurus model (a) built by Toronto artist Russell Zeid (b). Figure 13a courtesy of Patty
Ralrick, 13b from Anonymous (2000a).
a
b
c
d
Figure 14a–d. “Trevor” a 1:1 scale model of a young Albertosaurus made by Michael Milbourne in 2000 (a, b) and on display in the
ATCO Learning Centre at the TMP (c, d). Images 14a, b courtesy of the artist; 14c, d by the author.
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2002
On June 20, 2002, a groundbreaking ceremony
was held at the tmp for the construction of the
atco Learning Centre. A souvenir gift for vips and
dignitaries at the ceremony was a small stone and
metal sculpture featuring the neck and skull of an
Albertosaurus (fig. 15). The artist involved in developing this item is not known. A company name, “Paleoworks” appears on a sticker on the bottom of the
piece and included an Edmonton phone number, but
the number is now out of service. Google searches
for Paleoworks (and spelling variants) revealed a
number of similarly-named companies worldwide,
but none in Edmonton. Further information on the
artist of this piece is solicited.
2003
The 2003 sci-fi movie X2: XMen United included
a natural history museum scene at the beginning
of the movie. The tmp provided a number of casts
of dinosaur skulls and skeletons for that scene. One
of these, seen only briefly, is a cast of Albertosaurus
sarcophagus skull tmp 1981.010.0001.
Figure 15. Souvenir gift item featuring Albertosaurus given out
on the occasion of the ground-breaking ceremony of the ATCO
Learning Centre at the TMP, June 20, 2002. The souvenir stands
15.5 cm tall.
As a high school student, Milbourne would skip
class and go to the Smithsonian, studying the dinosaurs there (Monsberg, 2001). This amazingly
realistic two ton creation (the base and animal
weighing a tonne apiece) won Milbourne the prestigious National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals
Association 2001 Ernest Wiemann Top Jobs Award
in March of that year (Monsberg, 2001). This honour
is impressive when one considers there were over
1,000 entries from the United States and thirteen foreign countries. This popular sculpture was built for
and put on display in the concourse of the Canadian
National Tower in Toronto for several years (Milbourne, 2001) but found its way to the tmp in 2005.
Installed in the main gallery for a time, it is now
on display in the lobby of the tmp’s atco Learning
Centre where it is extremely popular with thousands
of school children annually. Educational staff at the
tmp have lovingly nicknamed the sculpture “Trevor”.
It is still recognized in the metal fabrication industry
as one of the most technical hand-made metal works
ever produced.
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A really nice 1:1 scale adult Albertosaurus skeleton
(fig. 17a, b) was built during the summer of 2005
for the newly renovated Field Station at Dinosaur
Provincial Park which reopened its doors on May 20,
2006. Bryan Pfahl, a Calgarian
free-lance fabricator under
contract to Westwind Design
in Calgary built the model.
He did the work largely on
his own, with some assistance
from several others. The skelFigure 16. Book cover eton was carved out of pink
of The Albertosaurus plastic foam insulation sheets;
Mystery: Philip Currie’s the reconstructed bones were
Hunt in the Badlands then covered with a water(Padma, 2006). Image
based polyvinyl acetate prodfrom the Internet.
uct and painted an off-white
colour. The skeleton was carved not to look like a fossil, but rather as if the animal had died only recently.
The 7.6 m (25 ft.) long model was based on skeletal
drawings provided by Philip J. Currie and technical
drawings from dinosaur books, with the artist visiting the tmp to see the mounted tyrannosaur skeletons there. The mounted skeleton, suspended from
the ceiling in the Field Station’s main entrance area
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a
by him, then molded and cast by Research Casting
International in Trenton, Ontario. The model was
done for the San Diego Natural History Museum
in California. Rather than a full life restoration, the
mount featured an articulated skeleton on one side
and a fleshed out animal on the other. While this
creation is labeled as Albertosaurus, it appears to be
another unwitting victim of tyrannosaur taxonomy.
The skeleton used in the mount appears to be that of
rom 1247, a Gorgosaurus. This supposition is confirmed as it is portrayed stalking a similarly sculpted
Lambeosaurus which lived at the same time as
Gorgosaurus—not Albertosaurus.
b
Figure 17a, b. The Dinosaur Provincial Park Albertosaurus built
by Bryan Pfahl. Image 17a, Donna Martin, Dinosaur Provincial
Park; 17b courtesy Bryan Pfahl (Calgary).
(fig. 17a) is very light: only about 50 kg. Remarkably,
this fine creation was built in only two months!
2006
This year saw the release of another Albertosaurus
book (fig. 16), this one aimed at children (Padma,
2006). The book’s storyline is based on Philip J.
Currie’s 1997 rediscovery of the lost Albertosaurus
bonebed that was worked by Barnum Brown and
Peter C. Kaisen of the American Museum of Natural
History in 1910, and all that has been learned from
this important site in subsequent years through fieldwork by the tmp and the University of Alberta.
Also in 2006 was the construction of a life size
(6.7 m long) Albertosaurus sculpture by Canadian
artist and sculptor Mark Rehkopf (Anonymous,
2010a; Fredericks, 2010). The sculpture was made
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Figure 18. Two of the 2007 Brian Cooley-built 1:1 scale
Albertosaurus models for the TMP’s Cretaceous Alberta diorama
exhibit. Photograph by the author.
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2007
while constructing the larger ones. Later, moulds of
The spring of 2007 saw the exciting new “Cretall the epoxy models were made and ten bronze castaceous Alberta” exhibit (fig. 18) open at the tmp
ings of each were produced by a foundry in Ontario.
(Fooks 2007; Murray 2007; Williamson 2007). Older
Two of the models were later auctioned off for benefit
museum visitors will recall a darkened room with a
events. At the time of writing one of the scale modgiant globe of the Earth slowly rotating in space. That
els was in a Drumheller lawyer’s office, the second
exhibit was gutted for the
sent to points unknown
new Albertosaurus display.
and the rest are presently
The new exhibit was
stored at the tmp.
first announced in the late
A head of one of the 1:1
summer of 2006 (Leahul,
scale adult animals was
2006). The Provincial
recast, “trophy mounted”
funding targeted Govand sold to a private inernment-run museum
dividual at the Dinosaur
and historic sites to boost
Research Institute’s fundtheir exhibits and this
raising dinner in Calgary
money helped enable the
in November, 2007.
a
Albertosaurus exhibit and
In 2006, Bryan Pfahl
other major gallery upfrom Calgary created
grades at the tmp (Ridgley
another Albertosaurus
2007b; Williamson 2007).
skull carving (fig. 19a,
The models were again
b), this one a half skull
made by Brian Cooley
split down the middle.
(Tousley, 2004) of Calgary.
He also scratch-built
Life-sized Albertosaurus
an Albertosaurus femur
sculptures arrived at the
and a right pes (fig. 19c).
Tyrrell Museum on OctoThese creations were set
ber 12, 2006 (Anonymous
props for a 2007 British
b
2006a, c; Ridgley 2006a,
and Canadian children’s
b). The largest sculpture
television show called
was manoeuvred through
Dinosapien which was
the museum’s shipping
filmed in Bragg Creek,
dock and back hallways
Alberta, and Drumheller
with just centimetres to
(Anonymous, 2011d).
spare, though this evenFifteen episodes of the
tuality was predicted and
show aired in 2007 only; a
Cooley had built some
hoped-for second season
c
1:1 scale mock-ups of the
never materialized.
Tyrrell Museum’s loadFigure 19a-c. Albertosaurus skull and right pes reconstructions
ing bay door and hallway by Bryan Pfahl showing pink insulating foam inner core (a), fin- 2008–2009
ished skull (b), and reconstructed pes (c). Photographs courtesy
spaces in his shop to
2008-2009 saw the
ensure an okay (if tight) fit of Bryan Pfahl.
erection of another lifeupon delivery.
sized Albertosaurus sculpThis large exhibit (fig. 18) is based on research deture, this time at the store and gas station/post office
rived from the extensive work conducted by the tmp
just southeast of the hamlet of Patricia, Alberta, near
(and later by the University of Alberta) at the Dry
Dinosaur Provincial Park (fig. 20a, b). It replaced a
Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park Albertosaurus
much smaller and exceedingly ugly Tyrannosaurus
bonebed. Three adult and one juvenile Albertosaurus
model4 which was vandalized and destroyed in late
and other small vertebrates are depicted in a realistic
February, 2007. It seems late one night someone las1:1 scale walk-through forest diorama covering an
soed the old sculpture, tied the rope to their truck
area of 283.5 m2. Cooley first made 1:10 scale epoxy
bumper and then dragged the hapless dinosaur down
resin models of these sculptures to use for reference
a gravel road for several kilometers at a high rate of
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speed until the sculpture
was ruined and abandoned in the ditch (Brown,
2007). Rumor has it that
several weeks before this
happened, a man in a local
bar claimed he would do
this some day. The then
store owner tried to make
an insurance claim on the
ruined sculpture, asking
the author to confirm that
the monstrosity was worth a
$30,000! A 2010 call to the
Brooks rcmp detachment
revealed that the culprit was never caught.
Despite its ugly appearance the Tyrannosaurus
model was a fixture in town and a popular landmark
and reference point for many, so the local residents
wished it to be replaced. $15,000 was raised locally
and the Alberta Government provided a matching
grant under cip (Community Initiatives Program). A
woman in Drumheller was soon contracted to build
the new dinosaur model. The basic internal metal
framework was done, but then a double family tragedy occurred, the details of which are best left unsaid.
She was unable to complete her part of the project
so East Coulee residents Wayne Marshall, assisted
by his daughter Dessie (names included on a plaque
affixed to the dinosaur’s inner thigh) had to take on
the entire project. The replacement sculpture was
built mainly in Drumheller by Wayne and Dessie in
2008–2009. A newspaper article (Anonymous, 2008)
indicated that the headless and footless sculpture,
which completed weighs 2,700 kg (6,000 lbs.), was
mounted outside in 2008 with the feet arriving in the
spring of 2009. Final assembly and mounting of the
sculpture, 9.75 m (32 ft.) long, occurred early in the
summer of 2009 (Brees, 2009; Stanway, 2009).
The resulting Albertosaurus is an odd creation,
with weak lower jaws (no indication whatsoever
of the dorsally curving surangular bones; fig. 20b),
overly-muscled hind legs but curiously skinny knees
and other proportional issues that detract from the
quality of the sculpture. The head is too small and
the neck too long and skinny, giving it an emaciated, “pencil-necked geek” appearance. For well over
a year, the eyes were only painted white and stared
blankly at the viewer. In the summer of 2010 the
white eyeballs were painted silver, now transfixing
the viewer with a steely-eyed gaze. When last seen
in August of 2010, some of the seams on the body
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Figure 20a, b. 1:1 scale Albertosaurus model outside the Patricia, Alberta gas station and store, 2010. Photographs by the
author.
and legs were starting to show and were beginning
to come apart; so how long this sculpture will last
is uncertain, but hopefully a long time. Given its
weight and its mounted position atop large boulders, it seems unlikely that some drunken redneck
will succeed in dragging it away again. The $30,000
raised not only paid for the Albertosaurus, but will
also fund several other dinosaur sculptures to be set
up in the Patricia rodeo grounds and along the road
leading to Dinosaur Provincial Park.
Another Lillian the Albertosaurus, this time a
digital one, made its appearance in Gramling (2009).
This creation was the work of palaeoartist and science educator Craig Dylke. Dylke places his digital
dinosaur (and digitally rendered dinosaurs of other
species) in familiar, modern settings such as dinosaur galleries in museums and in outdoor natural
settings such as forests.
2010
2010 proved to be a busy year for Albertosaurus
and popular culture.
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the obverse side of the coin which had a face value of
50 cents but which initially sold for cdn$24.95. The
coin came in a full colour cardboard folder (fig. 23b)
and six small collector cards featuring prehistoric
animals and museums. For more information on the
coin, see Anonymous (2010b), Fries (2010), Royal
Canadian Mint (2010), and Smylie (2010a).
The tmp celebrated its 25th Anniversary on September 25, 2010. Part of the
celebrations included the Royal Canadian Mint presenting the museum with
a framed copy of the Albertosaurus coin.
Crowfoot Member of Parliament Kevin
Sorenson said: “This collector coin has
immortalized an important element of
Canadian heritage which dinosaur hunters and coin collectors of all ages can
cherish for years to come.” (Kolafa, 2010).
The final Albertosaurus-related event
of 2010 was the discovery of hadrosaur
bones and Albertosaurus teeth during a
deep underground sewer construction
project in Edmonton (Anonymous, 2010c,
d; Loyie, 2010a, b; and others). The lure
of Albertosaurus as a cultural icon was
Figure 21. Animatronic 1:1 scale adult Albertosaurus at the Calgary Zoo in the amply revealed when it was realized there
summer of 2010. Photograph by the author.
were more articles and interest generated
For much of the year, the Calgary Zoo featured
the Dinosaurs Alive! travelling exhibit in the Zoo’s
prehistoric park. Twenty life-sized Animatronic
dinosaurs supplemented the static models of prehistoric animals already there. One of the Animatronic
creations was a life-sized adult Albertosaurus (fig. 21)
that roared, opened and closed its jaws, blinked, and
moved its arms. The model was made by Dinosaurs
Unearthed (Dinoking Tech Inc.) in Richmond, British Columbia. For more information on the company
and its prehistoric products see http://www.dino-
saursunearthed.com
In the summer, a prehistoric park called the
Jurassic Forest opened near Gibbons, Alberta, just
northeast of Edmonton (Dafoe, 2010; Kinjerski, 2010;
Ma, 2010; Anonymous, 2011b–c). The 16 ha (40 acre)
park features 2.3 km of walking trails and dozens of
dinosaurs and other prehistoric animal sculptures
including one adult Albertosaurus (fig. 22). It is set in
a deciduous forest and interacts with three Styracosaurus models.
Also in the summer of 2010, the Royal Canadian
Mint released a series of collector coins called the
“Dinosaur Exhibit Series”. The second release in the
2010 series of three, which occurred July 21, featured
a Brian Cooley Albertosaurus sculpture—the one
currently displayed outside the tmp (fig. 9). The 35
mm diameter brass-plated coin (fig. 23a), weighing
12.61 g, features lenticular lens technology on one
side which allows the Albertosaurus sculpture to
“move”. A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II appears on
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Figure 22. 1:1 scale adult Albertosaurus model at the Jurassic
Forest dinosaur theme park near Gibbons, Alberta. Image from
Dafoe (2010).
on the discovery of “Sewersaurus” than on the tmp’s
25th Anniversary celebrations held in late September:
A May, 2011 Google search for Albertosaurus + sewer
+ Edmonton yielded 2,210 hits!
Albertosaurus as a Provincial Fossil symbol?
A good number of countries, states and some Canadian provinces have an “official” fossil representing
their administrative districts (Anonymous, 2009d).
It is surprising then that a dinosaur-rich province
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such as Alberta should have the lowly petrified wood
as its provincial fossil (more often identified as the
provincial stone or mineral5). Petrified wood is found
nearly everywhere in the world and is therefore
hardly unique or representative of Alberta’s fossil
riches. Certainly something more relevant to Alberta’s prehistoric past and more lively, dynamic and
interesting such as Albertosaurus—named for our
province in 1905 (Osborn, 1905)—would be much
better suited for this role.
Dinosaurs are pop culture (Mitchell, 1998; Sanz,
2002; Thomson, 2005; Switek, 2010; Wikipedia,
2010a-b; Glut and Brett-Surman, 1997). Albertosaurus
was named for Alberta, living in the province long
ago, and was a large, active predator, ever popular
with the public. With its increasing popularity in a
access to microfilm searches. Mr. Wei Yew (Edmonton) related the history of the Tyrrell Museum’s logo
development. Michael Milbourne provided information on his Albertosaurus sculpture. Tom Zariski,
former principal of the Drumheller High School,
provided details on the status of the Albertosaurus
sculpture “Lillian”. Bob Campbell (The Exploration
Place, Prince George, BC) related the history of the
Brian Cooley-built Albertosaurus model in their
facility. Anne Marie Philipsen of the Patricia Ag
Society provided many details on the work done on
the Patricia, Alberta Albertosaurus sculpture. Andrew Leitch provided his recollections of the fate of
the John Kanerva dinosaurs at the Calgary Zoo. The
author is grateful to Al Rasmuson (Dinosaur Research Institute, Calgary) for giving the author a 2010
Albertosaurus coin and to Jurassic Forest and the
Calgary Zoo regarding Albertosaurus sculptures in
their care. Thanks also to Donna Martin (Dinosaur
Provincial Park) and Becky Kowalchuk, Andy Neuman and Warren Nicholls (tmp).
Text notes
a
b
Figure 23a, b. Albertosaurus collector coin and folder released
by the Royal Canadian Mint in the summer of 2010. Figure 23a
from the Royal Canadian Mint website; 23b by the author.
number of pop culture events of late, it is certain that
Albertosaurus will continue to play a prominent role
and appear in various aspects of Canadian popular
dinosaur culture for many years to come and is thus
an ideal, representative Albertan fossil icon.
Acknowledgements
The author thanks Patricia E. Ralrick for reviewing the manuscript and Elizabeth Davis of the library
of the tmp for access to newspaper clippings. The
Drumheller Public Library assisted by providing
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1. Some researchers believe Daspletosaurus also
occurs in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. The
University of Alberta excavated a rare Daspletosaurus
from the Oldman Formation of Dinosaur Provincial
Park in 2011.
2. Many of the concrete dinosaurs made by
Seland and others are regular targets of vandals in
Drumheller. Most of the ceratopsian models in town
lack orbital horns as they have been stomped and
kicked off by vandals. It is easier to simply round the
horn bases off with new concrete than reconstruct
horns that will just be smashed off again. Seland’s
sauropod model was destroyed by vandals in January 2011 (Smylie, 2011; Kolafa, 2011). A number of his
sculptures were placed near drinking establishments,
which is just asking for trouble.
3. The specimen they are referring to is
Albertosaurus partial skeleton tmp 1981.010.0001.
4. This exceedingly ugly dinosaur model was at
the gas station for about twenty years. Who built it is
uncertain. It may have been built in Brooks; one of
the author’s contacts thought they saw it appearing
in parades in Brooks, towed behind a light truck on a
small trailer.
5. Petrified wood was adopted as Alberta’s provincial stone on May 18, 1977 due to efforts by the
Alberta Federation of Rock Clubs. Alberta’s official
gemstone is ammolite, made from the crushed shells
of the Late Cretaceous ammonite Placenticeras.
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on the Google News Archives website.
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____ 1984a. Heel, Alberto! Calgary Herald, May 2, 1984: C1.
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____ 1984e. Albertans. Alberta Report, October 1, 1984: 30.
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____ 1989b. Stamp launch held at museum. The Drumheller
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____ 1989c. Canada Post presents plaque to museum. The
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____ 1993a. New stamps unveiled at Tyrrell. The Drumheller
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____ 2006c. Albertosaurus arrives at new home. The Drumheller
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Fossils in the News
Edited by Howard Allen
CBC News online, May 6, 2011
Fossil of a giant ant found in North
America
DENVER—Visiting the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, palaeoentomologist (fossil insect
guy) Bruce Archibald, of Simon Fraser University
(Burnaby, BC) was shown some insect fossils from
the Green River Formation of Wyoming. Among
the specimens was a winged queen ant of alarming proportions: nearly the size of a hummingbird.
The fossil—subsequently named Titanomyrma lubei
by Archibald—from the early Eocene (approx. 50
m.y.a.) is similar to giant ants of the same age found
in Germany, but the first of its kind seen in North
America. Since the German and Wyoming ants are
apparently related, the discovery begs the question: how did the two then-subtropical populations
become so widely separated, when the only direct
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migration route was across much cooler intervening
territory (i.e. Greenland)? Answer: Climate Change!
(see next item). Archibald opines that a brief period
of rapid Global Warming gave the ants just enough
time to scoot over to North America and establish a
new population—and eventually a new species. See
www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/06/
science-giant-ant-archibald.html
Calgary Herald online, May 17, 2011
Study on ancient reptiles shows how
climate change could impact wildlife
RHODE ISLAND—This is one of those journalistic
gems that leaves one scratching one’s head and wondering “where’s the news?” Apparently, a team led
by “scientist” Jessica Whiteside of Brown University
has discovered that different extinct animals lived in
different climatic zones (who would have guessed?)
and that rapid changes to said animals’ favoured
climates could result in their extinction(!). Whiteside
is quoted: “We’re answering a question that goes back
to Darwin’s time . . .What controls where organisms
live? The two main constraints are geography and
climate.” How ’bout that?
The us team, examining a “family of primitive reptiles,” including a procolophonid found in Nova Scotia rocks, found that these animals favoured relatively
arid, northern portions of the Triassic supercontinent Pangaea. Their contemporaries, on the other
hand, a group of “proto-mammals” called transversodont cynodonts, lived in the wetter parts of southern
Pangaea. Huh. The study also postulates that the two
very different groups of organisms had very different
methods of excreting waste products, suited to their
home environments. And here’s the zinger: Climate
Change likely drove both groups to extinction! Of
course, the bottom line of all this is “a clear warning
about the broadly predictable and potentially unforgiving effects of climate change on species that are
adapted to particular habitat conditions. . .”
If anything actually new was revealed by the study,
it certainly isn’t communicated in this article, which
simply states the obvious, probably does a disservice
to the researchers, and appears to have been written
solely to parade the fashionable bogeyman of Climate Change. www.calgaryherald.com/technology/S
tudy+ancient+reptiles+shows+climate+change+cou
ld+impact+wildlife/4799369/story.html
[Thanks to Phil Benham and Chris Sowden for sending in links –ed.] o
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